TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-15-00697-CV
R. F. and D. B., Appellants
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 424TH DISTRICT COURT OF BURNET COUNTY,
NO. 42686, THE HONORABLE CHARLES H. VAN ORDEN, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellants R. F. and D. B. filed their notices of appeal on October 30, 2015 and
November 4, 2015, respectively. The appellate record was complete November 30, 2015,
making appellants’ briefs due December 21, 2015. On December 21, 2015, counsel for
appellants filed motions for extension of time to file appellants’ briefs.
Amendments to the rules of judicial administration accelerate the final disposition
of appeals from suits for termination of parental rights. See Tex. R. Jud. Admin. 6.2(a)
(providing 180 days for court’s final disposition). The accelerated schedule constrains this
Court’s leeway in granting extensions. In this instance, we will grant the motions in part and
order counsel to file appellants= briefs no later than January 15, 2016. If the briefs are not filed
by that date, counsel may be required to show cause why they should not be held in contempt of
court.
It is ordered on December 28, 2015.
Before Justices Puryear, Goodwin, and Field